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A retirement party was held on Monday for Donna Lawson, right, adult services director at the Cassville Branch Library, who worked at the facility for six years after retiring from education.

Approximately 100 Barry County residents held a meeting on 24 hours notice on Thursday at the American Legion Pavilion, calling for action by local elected officials to address the growing problem of theft, burglary and drug use locally.

The Cassville school district and Environmental Protection Agency joined on Thursday to celebrate a $1.9 million investment at the district — five new electric school buses paid for entirely by the Clean School Bus Rebate Program. Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, said the buses have been in service for the last few weeks, receiving rave reviews from riders and athletic teams that have used them.

Construction of sewer improvements requires the daily closure of Farm Road 1120, between Partridge Drive and Skyline Drive, which began on Friday. The closures are needed each weekday during working hours for the open trench replacement of sewer pipe and manholes. The road will likely be reopened to through traffic each night, with closures reinitiated each day after 8:15 a.m.

A crew member at the Cassville Rotary Demolition Derby, rolls a loose tire out of the arena after it had fallen off the back of a vehicle being driven by Shawn Pryor, of Shell Knob.